Comm Sciences & Disorders: Culture of Disability (OL1)

About CSD 3200 OL1

Examines the social and cultural experience of disability in different times and cultures. As an introduction to Disability Studies, topics covered will include foundational concepts/vocabulary, the influence of cultural beliefs, personal narratives, education, healthcare, social services, self-advocacy and the disability rights movement. Credit not awarded for both CSD 3200 and CSD 5740. Pre/Co-requisites: EDSP 1050, ASL 1990; or Instructor permission. Cross-listed with: EDSP 3250.

Notes

Open to Degree and PACE students.

Section Description

Course Description
Students enrolled in this course will examine the social and cultural experience of disability in different times and cultures. As an introduction to Disability Studies, we will examine several topics through lectures, group activities, and independent study.

Topics covered will include:
•Foundational concepts from the field of Disability Studies
•The influence of cultural beliefs relating to disability on individuals, families,
disability law, and social policy in the United States and other countries;
•Responses to disability reflected in first person narratives, media, academic and
professional discourse and practice, film, art and literature;
•Disability across the lifespan, and the implications for education, health care and
social services;
•Many of the philosophical, ethical, historical, and legal foundations of Special
Education;
•Family systems and approaches to individual and family support in education and
community services;
•The role of different self-help and social change movements in the broader
disability rights movement; and
•The historical and cultural foundations of disability-related policies and practices
in education, health care, and community development.

Section Expectation

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

•Conduct an exploratory analysis of the social, cultural, and legal history of the
disability experience in the United States.
•Identify many of the cultural influences on how disability has been portrayed in
literature, film, art and public media.
•Identify some of the connections, overlaps, and dissonance between Disability
Studies and Special Education
•Critique many of the cultural and social perceptions of disability (including ableism,
stigma, and discrimination) and their impact on people with disabilities/ disabled
people.
•Assess the different cultural models of, and responses to disability and the impact of
these beliefs or constructs on education, medicine and the community-at-large.
•Summarize and explain the historical significance of Disability Studies and self-help
and social change movements.

Evaluation

Student learning will be assessed through the following:

•Attendance—10%
•YellowDig Discussion Forum—10%
•Comprehension Logs—30%
•Disability Narrative Project—25%
•Final Project—25%

Important Dates

Resources

• Parking
• PACE Course Pricing
• Textbooks